Assessment of the variation impacts of window on energy consumption and carbon footprint

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 820-828

  Tahmasebi, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Banihashemi, Saeed ^b   Hassanabadi, Mahmoud Shakouri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Energy consumption; Glazing systems; Sustainability; Window

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOORS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WINDOWS;

CARBON FOOT PRINTS; DIRECT IMPACT; FLOOR SURFACE; GLAZING SYSTEMS; PER CAPITA; PLUG-INS; RATE-OF-ENERGY; REGULATORY BODIES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84255200476     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.2083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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